Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Poet Robert Frost said, "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors." You can have no fence, a fence you can hop over, a fence you can lean on and chat or a fence that blocks the view of your property and is secure. Would you let a trespasser just walk on your property with impunity? Time Magazine had an article about the Arizona border this week. A rancher was murdered on his border ranch in Douglas. Another rancher said his home has been broken into eighteen times. I sat down and read Arizona's immigration bill, SB 1070. I certainly understand the rationale behind it, though I see enough loopholes where police profiling can happen or a citizens group can do it. On the other hand, the border is a frontier. If this were your home, you would protect it. Well it is our home. Will the tall fence make us better neighbors? I see the Federal government doing only token things. If you think I am vacillating in some places, it is because this is not a black and white issue.

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